Douglas Coutinho

Douglas Coutinho Gomes de Souza (born 8 February 1994 in Volta Redonda ) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a striker for Thép Xanh Nam Định after spells in Brazil, Portugal, Korea, and the UAE.

A Cruzeiro and Atletico Paranaense product, Douglas Coutinho broke into the first team with Atletico Paranaense in the 2013 season, regularly appearing in Atletico's 2013 and 2014 campaigns. Following a reduced role in Atletico's 2015 campaign, Douglas Coutinho was loaned twice in 2016 to Cruzeiro and SC Braga. After making 33 appearances for Atletico-PR in the 2017 season, Coutinho was loaned again to Ceará and second division side Fortaleza in 2018 before finding more success on a 2019 loan to Korean second-division side Seoul E-Land, where he scored nine goals. Douglas Coutinho moved to second division Brazilian side Operario Ferroviario in January 2020 on a yet another loan made permanent that July on a free transfer. Following a loan to Emirati side Al-Fujairah, Coutinho moved on a free transfer to Vila Nova, before being released some weeks later on September 29, 2021.

Coutinho found stability at Londrina in the Brazilian Serie B in the 2022 season, starting a career-high 31 league games and all but one of Londrina's 12 matches in a Parana championship run cut short by his old club Atletico Paranaense in the quarterfinals, but transferred to Tapajos on a free on January 1 2023, who immediately loaned him to Campeonato Paulista side Ferroviaria for three months before he transferred back to Londrina on April 3 2023, who released him on April 29 2023.

Douglas Coutinho joined Vietnamese side Nam Dinh FC on June 12 2023.